Day after Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving didn't turn out quite as we expected.  My son and his wife did make it in as the snow began on Wednesday night. We got up Thursday morning ready to head out toward Limon, Co to Dude's sister's ranch. It was super cold and the snow was still coming down.  Snow we can deal with but ice is another thing.  It had rained before it snowed and everything was covered in ice. We were staying put. 

Thank goodness I had been to the store earlier and gotten a turkey on sale to put up this weekend for make-ahead-meals.  We managed to get a turkey, potatoes, stuffing, green beans, and cranberries made, along with jello and a dessert my daughter-in-law made of dried fruits and marmalade topping.

After dinner we all went out to the check on the animals. Angelo looked like he was having trouble walking on his hooves so we took advantage of the time and trimmed his and Skippy's hooves.

 

They actually seemed to enjoy it ...or the company on a cold evening.

 

While others stayed in the laundry room warming up.

We finished up the day with cocoa and movies.

Today, I woke up with a to-do list on the chalk board and got none of it done. (I have to get up in the middle of the night with my to-do list swirling in my head and write it down for it to shut up and let me sleep...and sleep, I finally did.  It can now keep the chalk board awake instead of me :-) )

We went to town for breakfast before my son and his wife went shopping.  We stopped at the fabric store and the hardware store.... two places for creation inspiration!

 

 

We did manage to get a Christmas tree but one that we could plant later.

                 Next we went to get 10 bales of alfalfa for the goats at a friend's farm. 

By the time we got home it was bitter cold. I wrangled the goats into the chicken area so Dude to get the hay in the barn without the goats bothering him.  I went to get a load of wood and get ready to warm up the house. I was freezing and my fingers were going numb.

It is snowing again but the house is nice and warm.  Time for some tea and a turkey sandwich. 

My to-do list didn't get done but there is always tomorrow.

Sunday - there are still chores and work to be done.

Not sure if it is all the stress of the well being out and hauling water but we overslept this morning.  Our bedroom window was cracked open and our morning alarm became Running Water, our Nubian goat screaming in the window.  Every time Dude said “what”, Running Water would yell back, well, more like scream.  We looked at the clock and freaked out!  It was after 8am.  We are usually those types of people that will sleep 5hours, get up for one hour to do paperwork or whatever and go back to bed for 3 more hours.  We fell asleep early last night and woke up very late. 

We hit the ground running this morning.  We drove over to a friend's house who generously let us borrow their water tank, trailer AND water! It is always fun to head over to Sunny's place but it was the first time Dude was able to go too.

Of course, I had to introduce him to the animals around the place too...

Alpaca kisses all around.

That's Sunny with one of her little boys.

 

Still can’t say enough about farm neighbors.  I hope your neighbors are there for you when you need them like ours are.

We did go get hay tonight as well.  We don't usually feed our goats at night but when they saw us coming home with a fresh batch they came running.

Angelo likes the bits at the bottom of the bowl.

All in all a busy day and we did squeeze in some craft time as well. Plus the gym for shower, hot tub, pool, and steam room....ahhh.

Oh and this... a beautiful moon.